RS clears Bill to merge J&K cadre with AGMUT  

Context: The Rajya Sabha passed the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill to merge the Jammu and Kashmir cadre of the IAS and IPS with the Arunachal Pradesh, Goa, Mizoram, and Union Territory (AGMUT) cadre.

Details:

• The members of the Indian Administrative Service (IAS), Indian Police Service and Indian Forest Service for the existing cadre of J&K shall be borne and become part of the Arunachal Pradesh Goa Mizoram Union Territory cadre.
• All future allocations of All India Services officers for the Union Territory of J&K and the UT of Ladakh shall be made to AGMUT cadres for which necessary modifications may be made in corresponding cadre allocation rules by the Central government.
• The J&K Reorganisation Act, 2019 had said officers belonging to the IAS, IPS and IFoS in the erstwhile State of Jammu and Kashmir “shall continue to function on the existing cadres,” till the Lieutenant Governor of J&K determines the final allocation of such officers between J&K and Ladakh.
• A year after the reorganisation of J&K, the cadre allocation was yet to be completed. All new recruits will be allocated the AGMUT cadre, the original Act said.

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